04173nam 22007454a 450 991045046800332120200520144314.00-8047-6757-21-4237-4949-910.1515/9780804767576(CKB)1000000000246594(OCoLC)191935565(CaPaEBR)ebrary10110296(SSID)ssj0000109711(PQKBManifestationID)11125169(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000109711(PQKBWorkID)10046849(PQKB)10595933(MiAaPQ)EBC3037516(Au-PeEL)EBL3037516(CaPaEBR)ebr10110296(OCoLC)63188469(DE-B1597)582023(DE-B1597)9780804767576(EXLCZ)99100000000024659420050202d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrBefore imagination[electronic resource] embodied thought from Montaigne to Rousseau /John D. LyonsStanford, Cal. Stanford University Press20051 online resource (302 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8047-5110-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-278) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. The Return of Stoic Imagination -- Two. Self-Cultivation and Religious Meditation -- Three. Picturing Ourselves in the World: Pascal’s Pens´ees -- Four. The Imagination of Loss -- Five. From Imagination to Significance: The Novel from Scudéry to Lafayette -- Six. How the Ancients Modernized Imagination -- Conclusion -- Notes preface -- Bibliography -- IndexBefore imagination became the transcendent and creative faculty promoted by the Romantics, it was for something quite different. Not reserved to a privileged few, imagination was instead considered a universal ability that each person could direct in practical ways. To imagine something meant to form in the mind a replica of a thing—its taste, its sound, and other physical attributes. At the end of the Renaissance, there was a movement to encourage individuals to develop their ability to imagine vividly. Within their private mental space, a space of embodied, sensual thought, they could meditate, pray, or philosophize. Gradually, confidence in the self-directed imagination fell out of favor and was replaced by the belief that the few—an elite of writers and teachers—should control the imagination of the many. This book seeks to understand what imagination meant in early modern Europe, particularly in early modern France, before the Romantic era gave the term its modern meaning. The author explores the themes surrounding early modern notions of imagination (including hostility to imagination) through the writings of such figures as Descartes, Montaigne, François de Sales, Pascal, the Marquise de Sévigné, Madame de Lafayette, and Fénelon.French literature16th centuryHistory and criticismFrench literature17th centuryHistory and criticismFrench literature18th centuryHistory and criticismImagination in literaturePhilosophy, French16th centuryPhilosophy, French17th centuryPhilosophy, French18th centuryImagination (Philosophy)Electronic books.French literatureHistory and criticism.French literatureHistory and criticism.French literatureHistory and criticism.Imagination in literature.Philosophy, FrenchPhilosophy, FrenchPhilosophy, FrenchImagination (Philosophy)840.9/384Lyons John D.1946-859009MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450468003321Before imagination1917192UNINA05057nam 22008655 450 991029849420332120200920022330.03-319-09471-810.1007/978-3-319-09471-7(CKB)3710000000277548(EBL)1965358(SSID)ssj0001385887(PQKBManifestationID)11833680(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001385887(PQKBWorkID)11348748(PQKB)10482627(DE-He213)978-3-319-09471-7(MiAaPQ)EBC1965358(PPN)183087941(EXLCZ)99371000000027754820141105d2015 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Agricultural Economics of the 21st Century /edited by Vítor João Pereira Domingues Martinho1st ed. 2015.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2015.1 online resource (167 p.)Description based upon print version of record.3-319-09470-X Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.Introduction -- An Approach to the Determinants of the Agricultural Output Dynamics in the USA -- Cross-Section and Spatial Approaches for the Agricultural Contexts in the Twenty Seven Countries of the European Union -- The Performance of Manufacturing in the European Union in the Context of Agricultural Economics -- The Economic, Social and Environmental Determinants for the Agricultural Output in Some European Union Countries -- The Performance of the Agricultural Economics in BRICS Countries -- Evaluation of Sustainable Economic Growth in Portuguese Agriculture and Other Sectors -- Analysis of the Relationship Between Agriculture, Economic Growth and the Environment Through Keynesian Models -- Agricultural Economics in the Context of Portuguese Rural Development -- The Objectives and Priorities for the Azorean Dairy Farmers' decisions -- Final Conclusions.This publication provides insight into the agricultural sector. It illustrates new tendencies in agricultural economics and dynamics (interrelationship with other sectors in rural zones and multifunctionality) and the implications of the World Trade Organization negotiations in the international trade of agricultural products. Due to environmental problems, availability of budget, consumer preferences for food safety and pressure from the World Trade Organization, there are many changes in the agricultural sector. This book addresses those new developments and provides insights into possible future developments. The agricultural activity is an economic sector that is fundamental for a sustainable economic growth of every country. However, this sector has many particularities, namely those related with some structural problems (many farms with reduced dimension, sometimes lack of vocational training of the farmers, difficulties of put the farmers together in associations and cooperatives), variations of the productions and prices over the year and some environmental problems derived from the utilization of pesticides and fertilizers.AgricultureEconomic aspectsEnvironmental economicsEuropean Economic Community literatureEconomic policyTradeBusinessCommerceEconometricsAgricultural Economicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W47000Environmental Economicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W48000European Integrationhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W33010Economic Policyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W34010Tradehttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/527010Econometricshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W29010AgricultureEconomic aspects.Environmental economics.European Economic Community literature.Economic policy.Trade.Business.Commerce.Econometrics.Agricultural Economics.Environmental Economics.European Integration.Economic Policy.Trade.Econometrics.330330.015195333.7337142338.1338.9381Martinho Vítor João Pereira Dominguesedthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtBOOK9910298494203321The Agricultural Economics of the 21st Century2519400UNINA